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(I'll have to come back later to play though.)

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Trust

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Epiphany

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I'm in!

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Balance

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This makes me think of the Hand of God contrast between Lee and Kara, with Lee being a rather by-the-book pilot while Kara is outside the box in her strategies. I have often felt that they complement each other in a way that balances his skills and hers.

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Oh, this is lovely. They do work in so many ways, checking and righting the other. Perfect :)

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Desperation

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Because I have Scar on the brain today, it makes me think of Kara pulling and pushing at Lee so desperately in Scar. While I don't like the reasons for her urgency, desperation is clear in that whole episode.

It also makes me think of Lee's screaming in his cockpit when Kara's ship exploded. Gah. So horrible.

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Ooh, agree about Scar. And poor Lee :(

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Oh, how hurty! But, yes. *sobs*

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I'll play! May not respond until later :)

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Survival

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For some reason (given that it could be almost any moment in the series!) this makes me jump first to the mutiny, to Kara saving Lee and knowing that if they were just fighting together, they'd both survive whatever crazy thing was happening now.

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THIS! They have each others' six. They made such a great team fighting side by side.

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Yes - I can certainly see this. There's an acknowledgement of the other and a reliance which is so sure.

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wanderlust

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Lee, standing there, ready to go exploring with her :(

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Gah. The SADDEST wanderlust outcome ever. *cries* Excellent choice!

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Hit me with words.

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Joy

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"You ever been happy?"

Her head pops up from where it had been resting drunkenly upon the table. Tonight was about drowning sorrows in as much booze would stay down. And by the bleary look in his eyes, he's way ahead of her. He'd been that way since...she didn't want to think about that tonight. She pushed it out.

"What do you mean?" She asks confused.

"Like," he pauses to take a sip, considering. "Like for real happy. All the way content, blissful. Joyous even. Like you could live in that moment forever and never hurt again. Like other people looked before the cylons came back when they stood at the alter or looked at a baby or climbed to the top of a mountain or some shit."

She shrugs simply. "When I'm flying."

"No." He says slowly, shaking his head. "You're thinking about dying when you fly. I'm talking about life."

She tries to come up with something, but her head is too foggy with alcohol and memories and pain. "Frak Lee, I don't know!" She snaps annoyed, "Have you?"

He says slowly, scratches his head before answering. "Once. Zak & I went camping. It was," He paused. "It was like we found some other world and it was so still out there but not really, you know? Still in the right way anyways. I felt . . . I don't know. I felt something different. It nearly dropped me to my knees. Frak, I almost prayed. I didn't even know what I would have prayed to." He took a deep breath and seemed to remember she was there. Blushing, he took a deep pull on his cigar. "Anyways, I never wanted to give that feeling back. I tried to hold it, but it wouldn't stay. You ever get that?"

She considers before responding. "Yeah. Zak...uh...he let me paint him once." She chanced a quick look toward him, but he seemed lost in his own head. "Seems stupid now but at the time, I remember such a rush of...I don't know what it was. Maybe it was happiness. It filled me up till I thought I'd burst from it. It was like light. And I just wanted us to stay like that forever. Him smiling at me like a big goon and me painting him into eternity on that cheap little piece of canvas. I wished he was painting me too so we'd could both just stay locked in that moment and never grow apart or lose each other or change. Hell, I didn't even believe in forever then. I don't know what I was thinking."

She looks up and catches him watching her too closely. Leaning back in her chair, she laughs. "Pretty stupid, huh?"

He reaches out his drink to hers. She clinks the glasses together lightly. Like a kiss.

"Not stupid," He whispers, tossing back a swig with a knowing smile. "Not stupid at all."

She feels the light flicker in her chest and for a second she wishes she could freeze them both, just like this. And for the first time in a long time, her hand itches for a brush.

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Oh, oh, this is so touching, love. Hurty and painful with the tiniest touch of hope... just perfect. *hugs*

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*hugs* Thank you, sunshine! Sorry, I suck at meta and will almost always choose a ficlet when given the option. :)

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mserrada.livejournal.com

So I'm glad you chose to write the ficlet. Loved the idea that Kara was able to find some bit of peace & happiness before it all fell apart. And I agree with Ray about the glimpse of how Lee can make her feel when things gel between them.

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I really liked the connection in the last line, how you align her happiness in the moment with the nostalgia and also the need to create and commemorate. <3

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Thank you! I did all that, huh? ;)

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That's what I got out of it! ;)

(And you're supposed to answer those kinds of things with "Yes, wasn't that so clever of me?" ;)

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Yes, wasn't that so clever of me? :P

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damao2010.livejournal.com

So touching. I just love it when they talk, when they are open like that and when they can get each other, not only what they are explicitly saying but what they are not. And the last lines... perfection. *sighs*

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Oh glad you liked it! If only everyone had just left them be to have these little moments of grace. :(

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ninety6tears.livejournal.com

Waves

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Word me up!

Edited Date: 2012-08-08 01:46 pm (UTC)

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Fast

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"Hey Kara! SLOW DOWN! What's going on?"

Oh Leland. I remember the very first time I watched this scene in the episode (I think I'd seen glimpses in fan vids before we got there with our actual show watch), laughing at Lee the delicate flower and thinking "Starbuck is way too much woman for him."

It's far more bittersweet now of course. Sigh. I can appreciate that he cared enough to want to know what the matter was and feeling like things were off. (Although my fic Lee would do her first and ask questions later. Lol.)

Also fast makes me think of their initial viper launch sequence and Kara zooming through the sky to take out that gunfire headed for Lee in the miniseries and then lock her canons with his ship to save him. <3 <3

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Aww, (though lols over fic Lee and cannon scene, Lee!) Yes, this scene for the rawness and then the opening for the rush. Brilliant.

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ninety6tears.livejournal.com

Delicious

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This one was actually kind of difficult. I don't think of much in the Galactica world as being delicious I guess.

But it did make me think of fic I've written, mainly Academy pilots when they hook up and Kara eats chocolate fondue and then feeds Lee a strawberry. Hee!

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kl-shipper1.livejournal.com

I'll take some words!

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